Ali Fazal Quotes

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.

I reach on the sets ready to be moulded by the director and give my best shot.

It's the most amazing cast, a dream cast. We laugh all the time.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

I feel like I prefer movies, but, at the same time, theater is so exciting when you're doing it. It's a harder job doing theater.

I'm an actor who appreciates direction.

I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.

I love doing drama as much as I love doing comedy.

I work according to the kind of character they want me to play.

All I can do is keep my nose down and shoot the scene, shoot the scene, make it funny, make it funny, make it funny.

I love film because you have the last word. I never get that on stage because you've got to really believe; you've got to get the actors to trust you, and they have to believe in you, and then hopefully they will when you open the show.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

Roles make the actor.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.

We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three.

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.

I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

I totally love to act. I don't care if it's a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with other people.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.